;USA-Montana MT
;State of Montana
;capital: Helena
;Time zone: Mountain: UTC-7/DST-6

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;yearly days - observances

01.3.+1Mo =1st day Right to Keep & Bear Arms Week* ;Note=week beginning 1st Monday March
30.4.-1Fr =Montana Arbor Day* ;Note=last Friday April {m}
01.6.+3Tu =Good Roads Day* ;Note=3rd Tuesday June, Montana Code - Section 60-1-104 {m}
01.9.+3Mo =1st day Montana's Hunting Heritage Week* ;Note=week beginning 3rd Monday September
08.11. =Montana Admission Day, proclaimed Flag Flying Day ;Note=1889 {d}


;(remembrance) dates by year
;(French 1682–1762 & 1802–1804, Spanish 1762-1802) Louisiana territory contained portions of present-day Montana east of the Continental Divide

09.4.  =La Louisiane claimed for France #1682 years ago* ;Note=1682, René-Robert Cavelier Sieur de la Salle, administrative district of New France {d}
20.12. =France turned New Orleans over to the United States #1803 years ago
02.3.  =Dakota Territory off. formed #1861 years ago* ;Note=1861, previously part of Nebraska Territory, included much of Montana & Wyoming {d}
26.5.  =Montana Territory off. formed #1864 years ago* ;Note=1864, previously part of Idaho Territory {d}
22.2.  =Montana Enabling Act #1889 years ago* ;Note=1889, authorizing formation of a State government and Admission thereafter {d}
08.11. =Montana off. admitted to the Union #1889 years ago (41th state) ;Note=1889, Proclamation by President Benjamin Harrison {d}
16.2.  =Agricultural College of the State of Montana chartered #1893 years ago (>Montana State University-Bozeman)* ;Note=1893 {d}
;17.2.  =University of Montana founded #1893 years ago* ;Note=1893 {d}


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;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_of_the_United_States
;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montana
;State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols - ISBN 0-313-31534-5, page 171-172